Blueprint for revolution
Subtitle: how to use rice pudding, Lego men, and other nonviolent techniques to galvanize communities, overthrow dictators, or simply change the world
By: Srdja Popovic with Matthew Miller
Contributors: Miller, Matthew
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780812995305
Subjects: Nonviolence; Protest movements; Revolutions; Civil disobedience; Political aspects; Philosophy; Pacifism
Description: "In Blueprint for Revolution, Srdja Popovic outlines his philosophy for implementing peaceful world change and provides a model for activists everywhere through stories of his own experience toppling dictatorships (peacefully) and of smaller examples of social change (like Occupy Wall Street or fighting for gay rights or zoning changes). Through examples of using laughter and music (e.g., Pussy Riot) to disarm the opposition and gather supporters, to staging a protest of Lego Men in Siberia (when flesh-and-blood people would have been shot), to a boycott of Cottage cheese in Israel to challenge price inflation while organizing around rice pudding to overthrow the dictator of the Maldives, Popovic uses true and sometimes outrageously clever examples of the ways in which non-violent resistance has achieved its means. Popovic argues in favor of non-violent resistance not for ideological reasons (as persuasive as those are) but because non-violence actually works better than violence. An inspiring (and useful!) guide for any activist--and a thoroughly entertaining read for any armchair politico"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: It Can Never Happen Here; title: Dream Big, Start Small; title: Vision of Tomorrow; title: The Almighty Pillars of Power; title: Laugh Your Way to Victory; title: Make Oppression Backfire; title: Its Unity, Stupid!; title: Plan Your Way to Victory; title: The Demons of Violence; title: Finish What You Started; title: Had to Be You.